http://www.lincolnlinks.co.uk/url.phhttp://' target='_blank' >"Mobile Apps" Lincoln Looks West, edited by Richard W. Etulain, rediscovers Abraham Lincoln’s relationships with persons and places west of the Mississippi. The introductory essay and nine contributions are based on original research--with six essays being previously published--and examine an infrequently explored dimension of Lincoln’s political career: the history of his ties to the American West. The individual contributions, all from historians, address Lincoln’s career as an Illinois congressman and his opposition to the Mexican War of 1846 (chap. 1), his relationship with the Whigs and the antislavery politics of the 1850s (chap. 2), and his longstanding friendship with the pugnacious and politically ambitious Dr. Anson Henry (chap. 7). They study Lincoln and his patronage in the U.S. territories as a whole (chap. 4) and in the New Mexico (chap. 5) and Washington (chap. 6) territories in particular. And they examine his views with respect to the admission of Nevada as a state and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment (chap. 3), to his relationships with the Mormons (chap. 8) and with different Indians (chap. 9).Lincoln Looks West, edited by Richard W. Etulain, rediscovers Abraham Lincoln’s relationships with persons and places west of the Mississippi. The introductory essay and nine contributions are based on original research--with six essays being previously published--and examine an infrequently explored dimension of Lincoln’s political career: the history of his ties to the American West. The individual contributions, all from historians, address Lincoln’s career as an Illinois congressman and his opposition to the Mexican War of 1846 (chap. 1), his relationship with the Whigs and the antislavery politics of the 1850s (chap. 2), and his longstanding friendship with the pugnacious and politically ambitious Dr. Anson Henry (chap. 7). They study Lincoln and his patronage in the U.S. territories as a whole (chap. 4) and in the New Mexico (chap. 5) and Washington (chap. 6) territories in particular. And they examine his views with respect to the admission of Nevada as a state and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment (chap. 3), to his relationships with the Mormons (chap. 8) and with different Indians (chap. 9).